Welcome to Florida

Best selling author, award winning reporter and Florida native Craig Pittman is joined by radio personality and Florida transplant Chadd Scott to discuss the state's history, people, politics, environment, animals, current events and weirdness. You'll hear great storytelling and have great fun in each weekly episode.

Welcome to Florida is a history podcast hosted by Chadd Scott, with 330 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Chadd Scott hosts Welcome to Florida, a history show with 330 episodes published.

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  Episode #325

  Episode 325: Cave diving

  Sep 29, 202642 minS7

  The Boy Scouts organization in Hernando County wants to sell roughly half of a 1300 acre natural area it owns and uses for outdoor recreation for potential development. Our guest this week is long-time Florida cave diver Tom Morris . Morris was featured in the famed "Water's Edge" PBS cavediving documentary. Morris tells us about the volume of caves in Florida, what causes them, and what's down there. "Welcome to Florida" patrons receive exclusive access to our weekly Florida conservation newsletter for just $5 per month.

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  Episode #324

  Episode 324: Roseate Spoonbills

  Sep 22, 202643 minS7

  Lee County planning officials wanted to exclude public comment from rezoning decisions; residents laughed out loud ! Roseate spoonbills are one of Florida's iconic wading birds. Florida Audubon Executive Director Julie Wraithmell joins us to discuss the gorgeous pink bird.

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  Episode #323

  Episode 323: Flamingo Magazine

  Sep 15, 202633 minS7

  On this episode we celebrate Florida's lifestyle magazine, 'Flamingo' magazine , as it enters its next 10 years of publication. Our guest is the magazine's founder and editor Jamie Rich.

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  Episode #322

  Episode 322: 'Bodega Stories'

  Sep 8, 202651 minS7

  The Hope Florida scandal involves Ron DeSantis, Casey DeSantis, and Ashley Moody, but the figure at the center of the theft is Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. Amaris Castillo's parents run the Orlando Latin Market bodega in St. Pete. Several years ago, she began sharing stories of the bodega online ; that effort has become a new book, "Bodega Stories," published in September of 2026.

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  Episode #321

  Episode 321: Saltwater Underground Railroad

  Sep 1, 202642 minS7

  Florida's public school textbooks downplay the impacts of climate change and protect industry from blame. Between the late 1600s and the U.S. Civil War, freedom seekers from across the South fled south, and by sail, to the Bahamas and Caribbean. This escape route from slavery is what is known as the Saltwater Underground Railroad . Our guest this episode, Stefan Moss, is a historian researching the Saltwater Underground Railroad and has developed a website and app sharing what he's learned. Learn more about Florida's Black history through our "Florida Black History" YouTube channel.

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